Monkstown

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monkstown, from 150 m² to 498,346 m² (49.83 ha, 123.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Monkstown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 31 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct a two-storey dwelling with detached domestic garage/store and install a wastewater treatment system and perculation area and all associsted site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660149

• 11 Nov 2025N/a

  to construct a two-storey dwelling with detached domestic garage/store and install a wastewater treatment system and perculation area and all associsted site development works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560551

• 3 Mar 2025Conditional

  (a) renovation of existing single storey dwelling (b) construct a single store extension to the side & rear of existing dwelling. (c) decommission existing septic tank & install a replacement wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560080

• 2 Mar 2017Conditional

  construct a single storey dwelling with detached garage & fuel store, install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site development works (previous application reference 10/2006).

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176070

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Monkstown.

Recorded monuments

• WM012-077 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on W facing slope of hill in grassland with extensive views from S-W-N. Motte and bailey (WM012-079----) 140m to NE, Taghmon church (WM012-076----) and castle (WM012-074----) 330m and 460m to the NNW respectively. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a broad circular shaped earthwork annotated as ‘fort’. This site now consists of a slightly raised sub-rectangular shaped area (approx. diam. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank and shallow external fosse with possible entrance gap (Wth 2.3m) at SW. The bank and fosse are only visible from SE-S-NW. A field fence running E-W which is the townland boundary with Taghmon intersects the perimeter of the site at N. A curving field fence which is the townland boundary with Glebe forms the NE perimeter of the monument. A field boundary at NE represents the townland boundary with Glebe. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running E-W across the interior of the monument. Outline of monument is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1970 (CUCAP BDV079/080). See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 February 2018

• WM012-080 Earthwork
  Description

  There is no paper file in the ASI archive for this monument. In grassland with ringfort (WM012-081----) 290m to W. Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 28m) defined by a scarp. Outline of levelled or degraded monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 August 2023

• WM012-146 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on NNE facing slope of a ridge with good views from NW to N. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a circular shaped earthwork annotated as ‘fort’. This site was levelled in the mid-1960s. All that remains is a raised circular area (approx. diam. 30m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a scarp with traces of a fosse at S and WSW. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NE-SW across the monument. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2018

• WM012-147 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on SE facing slope of a gently rising hill in grassland, with good views to the W and NNE. A raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 37m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW) enclosed by a very low poorly preserved earthen bank and a slight external fosse. The bank has been reduced to little more than a scarp, and the fosse has been filled in from ENE-ESE. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.1m) at ENE. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running ENE-WSW across the interior, which slopes generally to the SE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2018

• WM012-148 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in grassland. A circular shaped area (approx. diam. 24m) enclosed by a low earthen bank which has been levelled from WSW-N by a field drain, and there are traces of a shallow external fosse visible at NE only. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2018

• WM012-149 Moated site
  Description

  Situated on SW facing slope of a ridge running NE-SW . No surface remains visible of monument which was levelled c. 1980. Described in this year as a sub-rectangular shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 16m NW-SE; 24m NE-SW) enclosed by a low earthen bank and shallow external fosse that is visible on the NE and SW sides, and extends from the E side of the monument in an ESE direction (approx. L 65m). Outline of levelled monument visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2018

• WM012-150 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise on SW facing of large ridge in gently undulating grassland, with good views to the W and NW. Possible ringfort (WM012-148----) and moated site (WM012-149---) 96m and 150m to W respectively. A slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 30m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide shallow external fosse. The bank is visible from SE-S-SW and reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The slight fosse is visible from N-E-SE. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NNE-SSW across the interior, which rises slightly towards the centre. A road and field fence running N-S intersect the W side of the monument, and a field fence running E-W intersects the S side of the site. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-151 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a high hillock in grassland, with good views of surrounding undulating countryside. A raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 32m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks and an intervening fosse with causewayed entrance gap (Wth 5m) at E. There are modern gaps in the bank at N, WNW, SW & SSW.. The inner bank is low and fragmentary, and the fosse is slight. The outer bank is low, and best preserved from S-NW and has been removed by a road at S and a field fence at NE. The interior slopes towards the E, and contains several humps and hollows, but do not form a recognisable pattern. A modern gap in the bank at WNW reveals the bank to be composed of earth & small stones. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-152 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a steep rise in gently undulating grassland. A slightly raised circular shaped area (approx. diam. 20m NE-SW) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank and a slight external fosse which is visible at NE and SW. A field fence running NE-SW intersects the perimeter of the monument at SE. This site is now covered in trees as shown on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Depicted as a bivallate ringfort on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and as a univallate monument intersected at SE by a 19th century field boundary on the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-154 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated in grassland with good views in all directions. No surface remains visible of levelled monument. The slightest suggestion of a cropmark of the levelled monument is visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Small oval-shaped earthwork depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map but not indicated on revised 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map suggesting that the monument was levelled between these dates. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-155 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a small prominent hillock in undulating countryside with commanding views in all directions. Ringfort (WM012-157----) lies 220m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a circular-shaped enclosure annotated ‘Rathcloghrin’. Poorly preserved ringfort which has been substantially levelled and is now visible as a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 25m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. The perimeter has been quarried away from W-NNW and at SSE-SW. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-157 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a prominent rise in gently undulating grassland, with views restricted by surrounding land. The road which marks the townland boundary with Clonkill lies 80m to S. Ringfort (WM012-155----) lies 220m to NW, and earthwork (WM012-158---) lies 200m to NE. A raised sub-circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 31m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a shallow external fosse best preserved from E-S-W, but visible all the way round. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.2m) and causeway across the fosse at E. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NNW-SSE across the interior, which slopes slightly to SE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-158 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a low ridge in undulating grassland with good views all around. Ringfort (WM012-157---) 200m to NE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an oval-shaped enclosure annotated as ‘fort’ with a gravel pit immediately to SW and limekiln to N. Poorly preserved monument consisting of a curve in the field fence from SW-W-NW which preserves the enclosing bank of the levelled ringfort. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Monkstown.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

No address of the register names Monkstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Monkstown

Area

2,386,386 m² (238.64 ha, 589.69 acres)

Civil parish

Taghmon, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaree

Electoral division

Taghmon, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Clonkill, Downs, Farrancallin, Glebe, Knockatee, Rathcorbally, Sheefin, Taghmon, Toberaquill

Placenames

Monkstown on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.